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chaley · 12-03-2010, 03:26 AM

If what you want to do is really change author_sort to contain only one author, then you can do that with search replace. Select all your books, then go to search replace (hit 'E').

Code:

Search mode: regular expression
source: author_sort
search:^(.*?)&.*$
replace:\1
dest: author_sort (or empty)

This will remove the second and subsequent authors from author_sort.

You should test this on a couple of books before whacking your library with it.

12-03-2010, 03:26 AM	#4
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,449 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	If what you want to do is really change author_sort to contain only one author, then you can do that with search replace. Select all your books, then go to search replace (hit 'E'). Code: Search mode: regular expression source: author_sort search:^(.?)&.$ replace:\1 dest: author_sort (or empty) This will remove the second and subsequent authors from author_sort. You should test this on a couple of books before whacking your library with it.